By JIAYU LIANG / Florida Museum of Natural History
Robert Sinibaldi (right) and Joseph Branin (second from right) found a trove of rare fossils in the Steinhatchee riverbed in 2022. Above, they are shown at the Florida Museum of Natural History discussing the historical importance of their find. Three-quarters of the 552 fossils recovered so far from the Steinhatchee River site belong to an early species of the sub-group of living horses that includes the domestic horse and its wild relatives, known as the caballines.
About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida’s Big Bend region and died.
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